Governance, Risk and Control Assurance Senior Analyst

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. 

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. 

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. 

L&G Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer. 

Our Institutional Retirement business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.

Who we are 

Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day. Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023. 

Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us. 

We're looking for a Governance, Risk and Controls Assurance Senior Analyst to join our Institutional Retirement COO team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in strengthening the control environment through first-line assurance activity, helping to assess the effectiveness of controls, identify areas for improvement and support better risk management across the business.

Working with a wide range of stakeholders, you'll contribute to assurance planning, control testing, governance reporting and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to ensure robust governance practices and good customer outcomes.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting the delivery of first-line assurance activities, including control testing, evidence reviews and analysis of control effectiveness
• Contributing to assurance planning by reviewing risk assessments, incidents, issues, audit findings and other risk indicators
• Applying assurance methodologies and standards consistently across testing activities and reviews
• Planning, executing and documenting control testing engagements, clearly defining scope, evidence and conclusions
• Using data, analytical techniques and technology-enabled tools to improve the efficiency and coverage of assurance activity
• Identifying themes, trends and potential control weaknesses and escalating findings where appropriate
• Producing management information, assurance reports and governance materials to support oversight and remediation tracking
• Building collaborative relationships with stakeholders while providing constructive challenge and evidence-based assurance conclusions

Who we're looking for:

• Experience in assurance, audit, compliance monitoring, controls testing or risk management activities
• Understanding of control frameworks and their application within financial services environments
• Knowledge of assurance testing methodologies, including evidence assessment and findings documentation
• Ability to analyse data and identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement
• Experience supporting issue management, remediation tracking and governance reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders effectively
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• A proactive and curious mindset with an interest in improving processes, controls and assurance outcomes

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.